tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85898365048690867842024-02-07T02:44:23.308+00:00Ancestry PlaytimeFinding fun things about your ancestors. If your a genealogist who thinks of the subject like a twitching bird-spotter, then this is not the place for you. I have access to correspondence with a popular paper from over 100 years ago. I also know the names of many correspondents and Boy's Own Competition winners...keep visiting, you may find something fun about a great grandad!Gavin Lockeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02045744302593554822noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589836504869086784.post-63318805521668626652009-12-11T19:58:00.000+00:002009-12-11T19:58:08.181+00:00More Prizes and potted histories.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqw1HkbJqXN9OMKT3vYiyAG17LoF47MpmHed1wV7aPMZgdzefA5UgrD4A_YcEhtKILes8oMqaMY1MozDIa3F_6T8UT8X5Ti9QGugJIObwXZeqd6EerTuDt3ppa7KWOheupSYJP3S7_dF4/s1600-h/correspondents+pt318820001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqw1HkbJqXN9OMKT3vYiyAG17LoF47MpmHed1wV7aPMZgdzefA5UgrD4A_YcEhtKILes8oMqaMY1MozDIa3F_6T8UT8X5Ti9QGugJIObwXZeqd6EerTuDt3ppa7KWOheupSYJP3S7_dF4/s640/correspondents+pt318820001.jpg" /></a><br />
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Continuing the art theme, also in the same competition was a Pencil drawing category. Top Prize for this was a measly 4th place.<br />
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Pencil Drawings<br />
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Fourth Prize - Lillian L. Davis, Leytonstone, Essex.<br />
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Certificate Awards<br />
Maurice Randall - Littlehampton Sussex<br />
Smart, George - Stonehaven<br />
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Brown, Edward A. - Clapton Park, E.London<br />
Andrew, Albert Edward - Cheetham, Manchester<br />
Hogg, Mary Maud - Carrol Road, N.W. London<br />
Sangorski, Albert - Little Britain, E. C. London<br />
Hamilton, William (jun) - Musselburgh, Edinburgh<br />
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Of the last blog, I am aware that many took very differing career paths. The two who most obviously stuck to their career paths were Ellen A. Bradshaw (Art Student two years later in 1881) and Andrew Allan who was teaching in 1881 and a Lithography Draughter ten years later. in contrast Herbert Scarlett was working as a Butcher in 1881 and H.J. Callingham and Anthony Aburrow were Labourer and Agricultural Labourer respectively.Gavin Lockeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02045744302593554822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589836504869086784.post-43702574507358130912009-12-09T10:22:00.001+00:002009-12-09T10:26:23.949+00:00A word or two about our young entrants...then more prizesI have been able to find a thing or two about some of the young men in my previous blog. By looking into census records I found that by 1881, two years later, <strong>Ernest Benning</strong> was a Draughtsman's Assistant and that <strong>Alfred C.C. Schmit</strong>z was a Student of Painting. He went on to become rather accomplished, changed his name to <strong>Alfred C. Conrade</strong> and did some splendid paintings that still sell well at Auction Houses like <em>Christies</em>. <strong>Harry Crowhall Farrar</strong> had become a Ship's Draughtsman by 1891. Maintaining a nautical theme <strong>Constance Emily Bushell's</strong> father had been a Naval Captain and in 1881, Miss Bushell was still a scholar.<br />
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Forever onward...here are those awards for <strong>Crayon Drawings</strong>:<br />
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<strong>First Prize</strong> - R. Wills (address stated as mislaid)<br />
<strong>Second Prize</strong> - William A. Greig, Leatherhead, Surrey<br />
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<strong><u>Certificates for Crayon Drawings</u></strong><br />
Andrew Allan - Ardrossan, Scotland.<br />
Charles Preston Stevenson - Stirling, Scotland<br />
Anthony Aburrow - Southsea<br />
Herbert Scarlett - Piccadilly, W. London<br />
Charles S. Lakeman - (no address)<br />
Ellen A. Bradshaw - Roupell Park, S.W. London<br />
J. Robertson, junior - Dundee<br />
H.J. Callingham - Surbiton, SurreyGavin Lockeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02045744302593554822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589836504869086784.post-42176572722526163992009-12-08T13:23:00.002+00:002009-12-08T13:31:54.715+00:00Some ancestors who won things!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKdK-w5triMOM37zu2CFzlKnnpDLfiyXMG1Rh7Xi6jcjKbq7HNZTIBXoF1g-4zgV0yjawR1FdS2uJDhvzBBmMGmZv4dJpvnhjXih2FB05M5mPx7r5RbIU1a6wJcjF9OpuAbnpl6G8lUU/s1600-h/correspondents+pt118820001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKdK-w5triMOM37zu2CFzlKnnpDLfiyXMG1Rh7Xi6jcjKbq7HNZTIBXoF1g-4zgV0yjawR1FdS2uJDhvzBBmMGmZv4dJpvnhjXih2FB05M5mPx7r5RbIU1a6wJcjF9OpuAbnpl6G8lUU/s400/correspondents+pt118820001.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>The following list of names is taken from a November 1879 issue of the <strong>Boy's Own Paper</strong> (UK). To learn more of this paper please read my excellent blog <a href="http://boysownpaper.blogspot.com/">Leave the Dog Alone</a>. The winners of an art competition were announced in this issue...today I publish the names (and in almost every case, basic addresses), of the winners in the Pen and Ink categories. Tune in tomorrow for more.<br />
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<strong>Albert G. Morrow (Belfast) - First Prize</strong><br />
no second prize!<br />
<strong>Alfred C. Lovett (Addiscombe) - Third Prize</strong><br />
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The following received certificates for <span style="color: black;"><strong>Pen and Ink</strong></span> drawings<br />
Ernest Benning (Great Portland Street, W London)<br />
T.D. McKenzie (Lee, Kent)<br />
Alfred C.C. Schmitz (Leeds) ...this guy ended up a famous(ish) painter<br />
C.E. Pratt (Redland, nr Bristol)<br />
Constance Emily Bushell (Teignmouth)<br />
Henry Copeland Sillar (North Finchley, N. London)<br />
Duncan Cameron (Inverness)<br />
C.E. Buckeridge (Tunbridge Wells)<br />
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Please feel free to contact me or comment if you would like more information.Gavin Lockeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02045744302593554822noreply@blogger.com0